tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2012 Issue 1

Physician Fee Schedule 2012: Brace Your Practice for 27% Medicare Conversion Factor Cut

Plus: Thoracic, integumentary rates on the line. 'Tis the season for another round of tense waiting to see if you'll get a dramatic reduction in 2012 Medicare payments for your general surgical services. "The calendar year 2012 Physician fee schedule [PFS] conversion factor is $24.6712," notes the physician 2012 Medicare fee schedule Final Rule, printed in the Nov. 28 Federal Register -- and that could mean a big cut in your pay. Look for Congressional Relief The conversion factor (CF), scheduled to go into effect Jan. 1, 2012, amounts to a dismal 27.4 percent cut compared...

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